wedding industry could make $17 billion off gay marriage, the amount the u.s. wedding industry would gain. that was one of the issues you really led on. you must feel amazing. >> i feel amazing particularly watching what happened yesterday where 80 republicans, current and former republican leaders, a lot of players in the mccain campaign murphy, schmidt and others active in the republican party as consultants signing up on an amicus brief in support of our efforts as it relates to proposition 8. so you know, it is evolving at a remarkable rate and speed. you think back. it is a good reminder -- >> stephanie: back when you were the sheik -- >> back, my year of birth in 1967 when blacks couldn't marry whites until richard decided to break the law fall in love with mildred jeter. people need to remember this. the judge in that case, he was sentenced to a year in prison for marrying mildred. the judge said god sir god sir, put different races on different continents for a reason. god never wanted the races to mix. literally, i'm paraphrasing but that's almost verb